American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ossining, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a prosperous family from Newark NJ that is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s. The first of Roth's American trilogy, it is one of his most critically acclaimed books, and was included on Time magazine's list of 100 Best English Language Novels. 423 pages. 9.25" x 6.50". Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a Jewish-American businessman and former high school athlete from Newark, New Jersey. Levov's happy and conventional upper middle class life is ruined by the domestic social and political turmoil of the 1960s, which in the novel is described as a manifestation of the "indigenous American berserk". The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and was included in "All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hudson Valley Books for Humanity (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44
- Title
- American Pastoral
- Author
- Philip Roth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
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About Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
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